February 16, 2012

Holiday weekend snow possible

The latest wintry mix forecast of the season is for Saturday night. It all comes down to temperature.

The National Weather Service says, "A coastal storm system could impact the region with a wintry mix or all snow late Saturday into Sunday night. Snowfall accumulations may be possible"

Baltimore professional meteorologist Eric the Red's take:

"Models have come into much better agreement that a storm will form in the western and central Gulf and move northeast over the weekend, bringing a chance for rain and snow to much of the region. As with just about every other storm this winter, there's not much cold air to work with, so I have some underlying fears that this may play out much like the last several rain/snow events... where your local elevation plays a big role in what type of pcp you see. It's still several days away, so after being burned repeatedly this winter by storms that don't materialize, I will be slow to go all-in."

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Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page. Frank also answers readers’ weather queries for the newspaper and the blog. Frank Roylance retired in October 2011. Maryland Weather is now being updated by members of The Baltimore Sun staff